AP Human Geography Theoretical Model Review Mr. Stepek
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Characteristics of Agricultural Regions
Von Thunen’s Land Use Model Spatial organization of agriculture around a market is based on profit which is closely related to the cost of transportation, land and the perishability of food. Bid-rent theory Intensive vs. extensive agriculture
FIGURE 10-24
Agricultural Revolutions Where, when, what impact? Neolithic Revolution 2nd Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Revolutions Where, when, what impact? 3rd Agricultural Revolution (Green Revolution)
Other Agricultural and Rural Lane Use Issues Land use/land cover change: irrigation, desertification (soil degradation, overgrazing), extensive fertilizer and pesticide use, animal wastes, deforestation, wetland destruction, river and aquifer depletion. Conservation vs preservation. Roles of women in agricultural production. Cadastral systems and rural land use and settlement patterns. Industrial agriculture, including the transition in land use to large-scale commercial farming, factory farming and factors affecting the location of processing facilities Sustainable and organic farming, crop rotation, fair trade, and eat-local-food movements
Agriculture Sample FRQ #1
Agriculture Sample FRQ #1
Agriculture Sample FRQ #2
Agriculture Sample FRQ #2 Rubric
Agriculture Sample FRQ #2 Rubric